Mundano: Trash cart superheroes
Mundano: Mundano: Vyšperkuj mi...vozík na smetí?
Mundano's bold, colorful street art isn't just eye candy. His projects call attention to social, environmental and political issues, while raising chuckles from passersby. Full bio
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all superpowers: invisibility.
nadlidských schopností - neviditelnost.
materials for a living.
recyklovatelného materiálu.
social inequality, unemployment,
sociální nerovnosti, nezaměstnanosti
waste collection system.
sběru odpadů.
honest and essential work
poctivou a zcela zásadní práci,
But they are not acknowledged for it.
Přitom ale za to nejsou uznáváni.
of all the waste that's actually recycled.
odpadu, který se zrecykluje.
selling to junk yards at very low prices.
do sběrných dvorů za velmi nízké ceny.
bicycles and carroças.
na kola a carroças.
built from wood or metal
ze dřeva nebo kovu,
marginalized superheroes.
tyto superhrdiny z okraje společnosti.
and political in nature.
a politickou povahu.
and onto the carroças,
ze zdí na carroças,
svoje poselství ve městech.
giving voice to the catadores.
prostor catadores.
it became more appealing,
stala přitažlivější,
to the catadores
o situaci catadores
on the streets, on mass media and social.
v masmédiích i ve společnosti.
and have not stopped working since.
a od té doby se nezastavil.
carroças in many cities
carroças v mnoha městech
and trips worldwide.
výstav po celém světě.
in their invisibility,
ve své neviditelnosti
as the United States and Japan.
jako je USA nebo Japonsko.
to have more people join the cause
aby se do věci zapojilo více lidí,
movement called Pimp My Carroça --
které jsem nazval Pimp My Carroça
("Vyšperkuj mi carroçu")
a large crowdfunded event.
crowdfunded event
crowdfundingová kampaň
professionals and healthcare,
z oblasti welness a zdravotnictví,
hair stylists, massage therapists
kadeřníci, maséři
gloves, raincoats and eyeglasses
rukavice, pláštěnky a brýle,
by our incredible volunteers.
opraví jejich carroças.
amazing mobile art exhibition.
mobilní výstavy umění.
of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba.
Sao Paula, Ria de Janeira a Curibity.
including outside of Brazil,
také za hranicemi Brazílie,
which is inspired by TEDx,
k čemuž nás inspiroval TEDx,
crowdfunded edition of Pimp My Carroça.
crowdfundigová verze Pimp My Carroça.
800 volunteers and 200 street artists
800 dobrovolníků a 200 pouličních umělců
Pimp My Carroça movement,
in teaching recycling at a local school.
v místních školách k výuce recyklace.
invisibility behind
zanechávají za sebou
respected and valued.
respektovanými a uznávanými.
they are able to fight back to prejudice,
mohou bojovat proti předsudkům,
their interaction with society.
a vztahy se společností.
to start looking at and acknowledging
abyste si začali všímat a cenit
invisible superheroes from your city.
hrdinů ve Vašem městě.
without boundaries or frontiers.
jako na jeden celek bez hranic.
catadores worldwide.
of our society.
naší společnosti.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mundano - Graffiti artist + activistMundano's bold, colorful street art isn't just eye candy. His projects call attention to social, environmental and political issues, while raising chuckles from passersby.
Why you should listen
Mundano is a Brazilian street artist and activist whose work makes people stop and think about the issues swirling around them everyday. In 2007, he began using his graffiti skills to paint "carroças," the wooden and metal carts used by the trash collectors throughout Brazil who haul off junk and recyclables. He painted 200 carroças and in the process made these invisible superheroes visible—not only in the streets, but also in the media. The effort led to "Pimp My Carroça," which made this initiative do-it-yourself, crowdfunded and global. It has brought in 170 trash collectors in cities around the world, teaming them up with 200 street artists and 800 volunteers. It is quickly becoming a movement.
At home in Brazil, Mundano works on other projects too. Since 2008, he has used the posters and banners that plaster Brazilian cities during elections to create thought-provoking art. For the election in 2014, he turned these enormous plastic banners into a giant voting booth filled with waste in a square in Rio de Janeiro. "I use these ads to get people to reflect on the corrupted political system. On all the false promises, and all the awful waste," he explains.
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